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You may have heard that changing 30% of an image will somehow rescue you from copyright infringement. But this has no legal evidence. We highly recommend that you not believe this myth. You must take permission from the copyright owner before you use or edit it for commercial, personal, or any other purpose.

How to check the copyright for an image? Look for an image credit or contact details. Look for a watermark. Check the image's metadata. Do a Google reverse image search. Search the U.S. Copyright Office Database. +1. If in doubt, don't use it.

It's by no means impossible to use an image that is copyright-protected ? you just need to get a license or other permission to use it from the creator first. In most cases, using the work either involves licensing an image through a third-party website, or contacting the creator directly.

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There are only four simple components you need to include: The copyright symbol © or the word ?copyright? The name of the copyright owner or author of the work. The year the content was published, which can be different from the year of creation. Your statement of the rights you're reserving over the materials.

If you edit an image that you didn't create, copyright law still applies. The only way to avoid copyright infringement with images is to create unique works, purchase a license to use an image or find a free-to-use image.

A copyright-free image is provided by a photographer or owner, and can be used by any person. The photographer or owner owns the copyright but provides the legal authority that the image can be freely used by others. You can usually find copyright-free images on public domains or copyright-free image libraries.

A photo licensing agreement is a legal contract where the owner of a photo licenses the use of the image to a person or company. The original owner retains the copyright of the image. The contract stipulates the terms on how, when, and where the licensee can use that photograph.